A Wonder is a mega-building, which may be unique in the world, and provides exceptional bonuses. All Wonders are inspired by real-world buildings and landmarks. Note that the effect of each wonder only applies to the civilization controlling the city where it is built; also, many Wonders have on-build effects which won't activate again if another civilization captures their city.

Besides their main unique bonuses, most Wonders produce additional benefits such as Gold or Faith, and all of them produce at least 1 Culture. All of these stat bonuses apply directly to the city where the Wonder is built (if applicable). Also, most Wonders produce Great People Points of some kind - check their info blocks for the details.

This page lists all World and National Wonders available in Civilization V, as well as Projects.

In Brave New World, some of the wonders can now be built only after adopting a certain policy tree or ideology. For example, to build the Forbidden Palace, the Patronage policy tree must have been started.

Temple of Artemis (DLC): +10% Growth in all cities and +15% Production of ranged units, +1 GPP towards Great Engineer

Classical Era

Colossus: +1 Gold from water tiles worked by this City; ( +5 Gold, Provides an additional Trade Route, a free Cargo Ship, and more Gold for Trade Routes connecting to this city), +1 GPP towards Great Merchant

Great Lighthouse: All military naval units receive +1 Movement and +1 Sight. Provides a free Lighthouse in the City where the Wonder was built. +1 GPP towards Great Merchant.

Great Wall: Enemy land units must spend 1 extra movement point when inside your territory. Provides a free Walls in the City where the Wonder was built, +1 GPP towards Great Engineer

Hanging Gardens: +10 Food in the City where the Wonder was built ( +6 Food and provides a free Garden in the City where the Wonder was built; Requires Tradition)

Parthenon (): Contains a Great Work slot, filled with a pre-built Great Work of Art.

Petra (): +1 Gold, Production, and Food for each desert tile worked by this city. ( Same for Food and Production, but no Gold per tile; provides an additional Trade Route and free Caravan) and +6 Culture when Archaeology is discovered. Provides a free Amphitheater in the City where the Wonder was built (not in ). +1 GPP towards Great Engineer

Terracotta Army (): +6 Culture ( +1 Culture and creates a copy of each type of military land unit the civilization currently owns.

Medieval Era

Alhambra (): Provides all units built in the City the Drill I promotion. Provides a free Castle as well as a +20% boost to Culture in the City where the Wonder was built

Angkor Wat: Culture and Gold cost of acquiring new tiles reduced by 25% in all cities. +1 GPP towards Great Engineer

Great Mosque of Djenne (): All missionaries from this city may spread a religion 3 times instead of 2. Provides a free Mosque in the City where the Wonder was built ( Requires Piety). +1 GPP towards Great Engineer

Hagia Sophia: +25% generation of Great People in all cities ( Generates a Great Prophet and provides a free Temple in the City where the Wonder was built and +3 Faith).

Atomic Era

Great Firewall (): Prevents 99.9% technology theft in the City where the Wonder was built and reduces technology theft in all other cities by 25%. ( Also eliminates Tourism bonus other civilizations receive from The Internet technology).

Information Era

CN Tower (): Free Broadcast Tower in every city and +1 Population and Happiness per city. +1 GPP towards Great Merchant

Hubble Space Telescope (): 2 Great Scientists appear near the City where the Wonder was built. +25% Production when building Spaceship Parts. Provides a free Spaceship Factory in the City where the Wonder was built. +1 GPP towards Great Scientist

Other

International Space Station (): +1 Production from Scientists and +1 Science from Engineers, and Great Scientists provide 33% more Science when used to discover new technology; Also gives a Free Great Scientist and a one-time Research boost (Cannot be built, only given to the Civilization that has contributed the most Production to its construction, after its construction has been voted for in the World Congress).

United Nations: Triggers voting for a Diplomatic Victory (Cannot be built in BNW).

National Wonders

These are special wonders which can only be built once a certain building has been built in all cities the civilization controls directly (that is, excluding Puppet cities). Only one of these can exist in a single civilization, but each civilization can build one for itself (so, there is no competition here). Note that the Palace cannot be built: it is automatically built when a civilization's first city is founded. The Grand Temple must be built in a Holy City.

+3 Production, Science, and Gold. Provides +2 City Combat Strength. Marks Capital ( Also has 1 slot for Great Work of Art)

Guilds

In Brave New World, three guilds were introduced. They are actually a mix between a building and a national wonder, in that they don't need a prerequisite building in every city, but only one of each can exist in a single civilization. Since they're the only means for producing Great Writers, Great Artists and Great Musicians, the urgency of their building will depend on a civilization's victory strategy.

International Projects

These projects are a new feature in Brave New World. Unlike normal projects, they may only be proposed during the World Congress. If the proposition passes, the projects can be undertaken by all civilizations simultaneously. Each International Project grants prizes depending on how much the civilization was involved, based upon the Production contributed towards the project. Only the civilization that contributed the highest amount of production will get the first prize, whereas every civilization that contributed the stated amount or above will get second and third prizes. Each project may be undertaken/completed only once.

Unused Wonders

Panama Canal: The painting and the icon remain. The painting can randomly appear as the initial loading screen in vanilla.

Three Gorges Dam: The painting and the icon remain. Possibly because if it were to be included in game, like Machu Picchu and Neuschwanstein, it would have required a certain tile. In this case, it might have been a lake with a river connected to it, making it rather difficult to obtain. Its quote was going to be:

"The people turn to a benevolent ruler as water flows downwards and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness."- Mencius